![Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist](https://i0.wp.com/commonnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/14383389495_f142c8c33b_o.jpg?ssl=1)
Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist
![Jessica Rosenkrantz on Twitter: "the Venus Flower Basket Sponge constructs an intricate glass-like skeleton of silica (specimen was gifted by some talented glass people who visited recently) https://t.co/S9bm86N8sV" / Twitter Jessica Rosenkrantz on Twitter: "the Venus Flower Basket Sponge constructs an intricate glass-like skeleton of silica (specimen was gifted by some talented glass people who visited recently) https://t.co/S9bm86N8sV" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELlsYnzX0AEax4w.jpg:large)
Jessica Rosenkrantz on Twitter: "the Venus Flower Basket Sponge constructs an intricate glass-like skeleton of silica (specimen was gifted by some talented glass people who visited recently) https://t.co/S9bm86N8sV" / Twitter
![Symbiosis of the Venus Flower Basket and Sponge Shrimp – Art as Applied to Medicine | Flower basket, Venus, Shrimp art Symbiosis of the Venus Flower Basket and Sponge Shrimp – Art as Applied to Medicine | Flower basket, Venus, Shrimp art](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/84/8d/3d/848d3d7dd9f92400fc4ddf88f3072b2e.jpg)
Symbiosis of the Venus Flower Basket and Sponge Shrimp – Art as Applied to Medicine | Flower basket, Venus, Shrimp art
![Venus' flower basket | Churaumi Fish Encyclopedia | Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium - For the next generation to inherit; the beautiful seas of Okinawa. - Venus' flower basket | Churaumi Fish Encyclopedia | Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium - For the next generation to inherit; the beautiful seas of Okinawa. -](https://churaumi.okinawa/userfiles/fish_images/shinkaimusekitsui/kairoudouketu.jpg)
Venus' flower basket | Churaumi Fish Encyclopedia | Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium - For the next generation to inherit; the beautiful seas of Okinawa. -
![Stock photo of Venus flower basket sponge {Euplectella aspergillum} skeleton.. Available for sale on www.naturepl.com Stock photo of Venus flower basket sponge {Euplectella aspergillum} skeleton.. Available for sale on www.naturepl.com](https://www.naturepl.com/cache/pcache2/01134902.jpg)
Stock photo of Venus flower basket sponge {Euplectella aspergillum} skeleton.. Available for sale on www.naturepl.com
![An Euplectella aspergillum, aka Venus' flower basket sponge found living 2572 metres (8438 feet) deep near the California coast. Hexactinellid/Glass sponges like it can survive at much greater depths than normal sponges An Euplectella aspergillum, aka Venus' flower basket sponge found living 2572 metres (8438 feet) deep near the California coast. Hexactinellid/Glass sponges like it can survive at much greater depths than normal sponges](https://external-preview.redd.it/kOvfzTbzAw1b08qlXYx7AOcOEHm6jKd2f3qYji2P8Ow.jpg?auto=webp&s=900312c3827fcc711e63774c72996589ace76b65)
An Euplectella aspergillum, aka Venus' flower basket sponge found living 2572 metres (8438 feet) deep near the California coast. Hexactinellid/Glass sponges like it can survive at much greater depths than normal sponges
![Stock photo of The siliceous skeleton of the Glass Sponge called Venus Flower Basket.... Available for sale on www.naturepl.com Stock photo of The siliceous skeleton of the Glass Sponge called Venus Flower Basket.... Available for sale on www.naturepl.com](https://www.naturepl.com/cache/pcache2/01299722.jpg)